[meteorite-list] Stolen meteorite for sale?

From: Rob Wesel <rob_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 17:52:19 -0700
Message-ID: <008001c7fb20$7fb74170$b7201418_at_windows9bb74fe>

That is quite a condensed version of a very interesting story.

Good place to start and follow the references.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willamette_Meteorite

Rob Wesel
http://www.nakhladogmeteorites.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: "E.P. Grondine" <epgrondine at yahoo.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 8:58 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Stolen meteorite for sale?


> Hi Pete, all -
>
> If I remember correctly, the meteorite was considered
> a sacred relic by the local people, but the European
> settlers hacked off pieces, and then the bulk of it
> was hauled off by wagon and sold.
>
> E.P. Grondine
> Man and Impact in the Americas
>
>
> --- Pete Pete <rsvp321 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Why would you suggest that this meteorite for sale
>> is stolen??
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:31:13 -0700
>> > From: epgrondine at yahoo.com
>> > To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> > Subject: [meteorite-list] Stolen meteorite for
>> sale?
>> >
>> > Hi all -
>> >
>> > Was that 28 kg Williamette at auction a piece of
>> the
>> > infamous meteorite in the Museum of Natural
>> History in
>> > New York?
>> >
>> > E.P. Grondine
>> > Man and Impact in the Americas
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
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